It takes a Rebbe to see the globe as a village. Before we ever heard of a coronavirus, the Rebbe had planted men and women to be wherever they could benefit Jews, including Chinese cities whose names I can’t pronounce. From the little I know of this unfolding story, Chabad in Palo Alto, Riverside and throughout China coordinated relief for people whose lives they share. The word contagion, for all it’s dreadful connotation, is Latin for “to touch together”. May the Rebbe’s love for all G-d’s children prove to be the only spreadable element in this saga.
Shabbat Shalom